Old Fox 2023
老狐狸
Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.
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Vocabulary
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| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 基地 基地 | base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 妻离子散 妻離子散 | a family wrenched apart (idiom) | Idiom |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 泰来 泰來 | Tailai county in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 圣诞 聖誕 | Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday | Proper Noun |
| 圣诞树 聖誕樹 | Christmas tree | Proper Noun |
| 广元 廣元 | Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province | Proper Noun |
| 任天堂 任天堂 | Nintendo | Proper Noun |
| 县政府 縣政府 | county administration; county regional government | Proper Noun |
| 苏富比 蘇富比 | Sotheby's auction house | Proper Noun |
| 芦洲 蘆洲 | Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 杰 傑 | hero; heroic, outstanding | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 才怪 才怪 | it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) | |
| 头期款 頭期款 | down payment | |
| 站牌 站牌 | bus stop sign; train station sign | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 菜色 菜色 | dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition) | |
| 雨伞 雨傘 | umbrella | |
| 鸿 鴻 | species of wild swan; vast | |
| 开盘 開盤 | to commence trading (stock market) | |
| 站稳 站穩 | to stand firm |